• Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    This image is very hard to parse. Like the right side uses totally different metrics. What even is it saying? (I think I know but the image sucks ass)

    • Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      Here’s another visualization of basically the same data, but as a stacked bar chart instead of using the triangular shape. In both charts: Left is the population, Right is the wealth, and the segments show which slices of the population own which slices of the wealth.

      This triangle setup is deceptive, the slices seem to be proportional to height, not area. That 1.6% slice on the top of the left triangle is definitely not 1.6% of the total area of the triangle.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      4 months ago

      The segments of the triangle on the left are sized according to the number of people in each wealth bracket. The segments of the triangle on the right are sized according to the wealth held by those people.

      The “$2.7T” represents a Zionist soldier about to get pwned. hamas-red-triangle